The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-09-01
based on a calculation for a farm of

We have seen what the profits
are, now let US see what it will cost
to obtain these results. In setting
100 acres suppose we put so acres
in pears, 30 in peaches and 25 in
apples, the latter planted 40 feet
apart, with peach trees between. A
careful estimate including the pre-
paration of the ground, nursery
stock and cultivation for one year
places the cost at$l,S50. WANT of
space prevents detailed estimate.
This 100 acres can be planted AZ
follows: % acres in strawberries;
20 in raspberrIes, and as much of
the remaining 80 as may be desired
in early vegetables. These will de-
fray the first years expense. But
this is not all The nursery stock
you will raise will give you hand
some revenue On five acres 10000
pear trees can be raised; on five
acres $4,000 apple trees: and on
five acres additional 100000 peach
trees. Reserving $4,000 trees for
the second years setting and 10000
additional for casualties, you have
10000 trees left for sale, which at
five. cents apiece would be worth
$3.50. And so on year after year.
1t is not necessary to carry the cal
culation further.
The facts set forth in this article
have been grthered from experience
ed horticulturalists, and it is acting
upon them that number of gen.
tlemen have formed a company and
will establish a fruit farm upon a
large scale. The farm will be stu
ated upon Cove Mountain, in Giles
county, Tennessee, within a mile of
Pulaski.
For three years Capt. Morton has
been looking through Tennessee,
Alabama, Northern Mississippi and
Kentucky for a desirable location
for the practical demonstration of
this scheme, of which he is the pa
rent, and in Cove Mountain he be-
lie ,es he has found the most ad-
mirahly adapted spot for the cult
walton of fruit IN the south. There
are about 500 acres of land en-
braced in the tract, which lies at an
elevation of 1000 feet above sea
level, and most of it is above the
frost line. The mountain is ira
versed by several coves, from which
it takes it's name, which are shield
ed from the blasts Of winter by the
surrounding ridges. The spot
seems especially designed by pa
ture for fruit culture. There are al
ready 10000 grape vines on the
land which have never failed q sim
gle year in twenty years that they
have been bearing. There are also
several Thousand peach and apple
trees on the land. The soil is as
fertile as in the valley below, and
the exposure makes it especially
adapted for fruit farm. The prox-
unity of the railroad depot, one
mile away, gives the necessary ship
ping facilities. Capt. Morton is so
well known as an experienced hor-
ticulturalist that his judgment in
the selection Of this land may be
relied upon. The company Is stock
ed at 100000.
The Illustrated South is glad to
see this move. The growing popu-
lation of the south is vastly in
creasiDg the home demand for
fruit and increasing railway facili-
ties enable us to meet the northern
and eastern demand. The cultiya-
ton of fruit upon large scale in
the south will give an impetus to
the canneries. Indeed, q canning
company has already signiied its
intention OF locating near this fruit
farm, and in addition there will be
barrel and box factory and an
ice factory. Thus it will be seea
that the establishment of one en-
terprise leads to others.
West Tennessee has for several
years been taking more active in
terest in fruit farming, and the es
tablishmeLt of this farm in Middle
Tennessee will encourage Others to
embark in the same industry. Dur
ing the last season West Tennessee
received over 100000 for fruits
shipped to other states; and the lit
tie town of Gadsden, in Benton
county, where fruit farming was
practically unknown four or five
years ago, shipped $50 900 worth of
straw berries.